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The Vatican is launching a probe into usage of the papal Instagram account, after Pope Francis' Instagram page hit headlines earlier this week when users noticed it had 'liked' a model's racy post on the social media site. The 'like' was spotted by a follower of Brazilian model Natalia Garibotto,…
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A former Sri Lankan fisheries minister has eaten raw fish during a live press conference while speaking on behalf of the fishing industry. Dilip Wedaarachchi, a member of the Sri Lankan parliament, was fronting the November 17 press conference where he addressed a slump in fish sales amid coronavirus fears.…
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Donald Trump has fired the election security chief who said that the US vote in the 2020 presidential election was secure. President Trump said he "terminated" Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs because he made "highly inaccurate" remarks on vote integrity, the BBC reports. Despite Joe Biden's…
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Tributes have been pouring in for former Masterchef Junior contestant Ben Watkins, who has passed away at the age of 14. As reported by Fox News, the young chef died in a Chicago Children's hospital on Monday (November 16) after a battle with Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma, a rare illness that…
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The final analysis of the vaccine developed by pharmaceutical corporations Pfizer and BioNTech has shown that it is 95% effective in preventing Covid-19 disease. Per The Independent, Pfizer has said that the candidate has passed its full safety checks and is now ready to be presented to regulatory authorities for market…
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Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of e-commerce giant Amazon, has made the first donations as part of his Bezos Earth Fund, which aims to donate $10 billion to help fight against climate change. Bezos is not only the world's wealthiest man, but also the world's first person to become…
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Michelle Obama has accused incumbent President Donald Trump of spreading "racist lies" in a passionate Instagram post. Per The Independent, taking to her official Instagram account, the 56-year-old former First Lady shared an image of herself and her husband Barack Obama attending Donald Trump's inauguration outside the White House back…
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The incredible story of a pilot who was sucked out of the cockpit window of his plane has once again hit the headlines 30 years on. Per The Sun, the incident in question occurred on June 10, 1990, 27 minutes into British Airways flight 5390, which was traveling from Birmingham…
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There are some occasions where you simply have to drop everything and get yourself a pizza. However, I think most of us would agree that stopping what you're doing to make one from scratch while you're in the process of breaking and entering isn't such a good idea. Yet this…
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Barack Obama has told CBS' 60 Minutes that it is "absolutely" time for President Donald Trump to concede his projected election defeat and think beyond his "own ego". The former president also said that Trump should have conceded "the day after the election" and that it was time for him…
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More than a week after Joe Biden's projected win in the US 2020 presidential election, it is being reported that almost half of Biden's transition team are people of color - and the majority of the team is made up of women. Per CNN, 46% of the transition team are…
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A Muslim woman says she was removed from an American Airlines flight because a white passenger felt "uncomfortable." Per The Independent, 28-year-old Muslim Girl founder and blogger Amani Al-Khatahtbeh took to Twitter on Saturday, November 14, to share the story of how a man took exception to her after a…
